Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-01-08

,pcn and taking him in my arms with
which astonisbes me now to think | .
", bore him out OF that accursed room, | =
shouting wildly the while for Jose. The up !
roar which made quickly brought not only G
Jose, but tho landlord and his family ON the I
scene.
Good heavens! how they chsttered aud !
crossed themselves aud muttered charms
against the power of the evil one! Ana IN
what an mex plcsble mixture OF French snu
Spanish and English | endesvored to tell
them what had happened. | would not give
II you II could.
At length Fortescue seems 10 be recovering,
and tearing that the sight OF the room might
have an i'll effect on him made Jose take
blsnket from the bed, and placing my poor
friend on it, we together carried nun uoWh
the narrow stairs To the little room where ne
had supped, Here the ire WAS fortunately |
still aliyht and the landlord, who was most
anxious TO do all in his power for us hastily |
threw on some logs OF Wool anu telling ms
presently returned, bottle of cordial under
his arm. Then sending his daughter for
various condiments, he skillfully concocted
a mix ture, the like of which never tasted |
before or since, and handed us two glasses, |
under the influence of which saw to my |
satisfaction that Fortescue gradually regained |
his strength.
"Come. landlord" !" l said peremptorily, hav-
ing asked Fortescue whether he would care
to talk about the mysterious atlsir-"come
landlord, you must tell us the meaning OF
those ghostly slippers; Tor twice we placed
them outside the door, and twice they were
returned to the same spot by some Invisible
| agency and whom my friend WAS taken i'll,
they were standing close beside his chair
Here our host glanced uneSsiy nj Furtes-
| cue, and, crossing himself, respectfully asked
| of Jose his name,
| "El Senior Fortescue," was the answer.
| He shook his head rs though puzzled, then
| muttered something 20 himself in Spanisb'ot
| which l could catch nothing but the French
| name "Lamonte"
"Come now" l repeated impstently,
| "there is something to tell, am convinced
draw up to the fire and tell us all about this
| mystery"
| Seeing that we were determined to hear all,
| the landlord, with an expressive shrug OF the
| shoulders. sat himself by the fire, and the
| two women, who had been listening stten-
| lively the while, expressed sn opinion that II
| was not worth while going to bed again TOR
the short night which yet remained, with the
| greatest saug-froid, took each Spanish Gig
! sri,lo from our hosts store, lighted them and
| commenced smoking, an example we had
l no sCruple in following. And this Ia the
| story we heard from the landlord and inter
| preted by Jose when we could not follow the
| Franco Spanish patois
| Mauuela Garcia was the beloved and only
: | daughter OF a famous guerrilla chief, who at
| one time lent considerable aid to the Spanish
. | government during the French invasion of
) | that country. Among his many followers,
. | Manuela, who was remarkable for her great
4
4 | beautiful, was wOrshipped and sdored by all
| but none with such hopeless intensity Is by
q | young Miguel COrtez, one OF the youngest
= | members OF the band, with nothing to recon-
4 | mend him but handsome face and figure
!, | and the reputation of being an unerring
| marksman. OF course Manuels was not in.
| sensible to the devotion paid her by Miguel
I | but her father who knew most things that
| went on around him, gave the young man To
; | clearly understand that he had other views
: | for his daughter than to let her marry one OF
' | the poorest OF his followers.
4 | However, time went on: Pedro Garcia and
= | his men gained universal nOtoriety by their
/ | daring reprisals on the hated enemies and IN.
vaders of their beloved country. Many were
/. | the expeditions sent out against them tor the
q | purpose of surprising them in their mountain
q | Businesses, only TO return TO camp beaten and
/ | diSOrganiZed, with marvellous tales Of then
:. | strategy and ierocity. One young man espe
y | cially was always mentioned as though ht
n | bore charmed life; and to such an eNten
o had this belief grown that the French cOm
r | mandant, to encourage his men, offered
:. large reward should he be taken or killed
o | Needless to say this WAS Miguel Cortez.
n | Now, none of all this was lost upon Manu-
| ella for Miguers fosteTmother, who was alSi
g. | her duenna and humble companion, wOulC
q | pour forth his praises and recount all hi
q | deeds OF daring and the dangers he ran int,
"a | Manuelas not unwilling ear, until at last he
: | heart fairly melted sud she told Miguel
V | when next he pleaded for q kind word, tina
II | let her father try to dispose OF her hand as h
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- | his chief tn let him have the foremost T1s
~ | and ere he deDartsd he bent before her an,
~ kissing her hand murmIIrad
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